Injury-plagued Leicester City must lick their wounds ahead of the visit of Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday as they are about to face their most potent adversary, and he will smell blood.

It will be a quick turnaround for City after they extended their unbeaten run in the Premier League to six games at Fulham, and they will need to recover fast as they are set to face the man who just loves to score against City – Harry Kane.

The England captain, who was on loan at City during the 2013-14 season, has scored 11 times against City in just seven league games, including a hat-trick in Spurs’ 4-3 win at White Hart Lane in March, 2015, and four goals in the 6-1 demolition of City at the end of the 2016-17 campaign.

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Kane also scored twice in the astonishing 5-4 thriller which Spurs won at Wembley on the final day of last season.

Captain Wes Morgan admits City’s recovery will be crucial after Fulham as City boss Claude Puel faces a injury headache in defence ahead of the visit of Spurs on Saturday.

Jonny Evans missed the game at Craven Cottage with a knock, while Harry Maguire has been out with a knee injury since the win at Cardiff over a month ago but has been training this week, and Puel must decide whether he is fit enough to be thrown straight back into action against such a potent attack.

Puel also chose to protect right-back Ricardo Pereira at Fulham, especially with Daniel Amartey a long-term injury absentee, as he gave Danny Simpson his first Premier League appearance of the season.

Youngster Josh Knight was drafted into the squad as cover at Fulham as Puel finds his defensive options limited, and Morgan admits the next few days will be about getting physically ready for Saturday.

“I need to recover from this before I even start to think about that,” said Morgan.